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March 03 2020
Roth Capital’s SPAC Roth CH Acquisition files for a $75 million IPO
Roth CH Acquisition, a blank check company formed by executives at Roth Capital and Craig-Hallum Capital, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering.
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March 03 2020
Bruce Linton Launches $150 Million Cannabis SPAC
Bruce Linton, formerly co-founder and CEO of Canopy Growth, delivered a keynote speech at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Miami on February 27th, sharing his enthusiasm for the American hemp industry. He revealed that he would soon announce his involvement with a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) in order to potentially bring a company public, joining several other SPACs that have raised in excess of $1 billion to deploy into the cannabis industry.
www.newcannabisventures.com
March 03 2020
Nikola Plans Merger With Publicly Traded VectoIQ Acquisition Corp.
Nikola Corp. announced plans to merge with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special-purpose acquisition company, to speed up Nikola’s production of zero-emissions commercial vehicles. Upon the closing, the combined company will be named Nikola Corp. and is expected to remain NASDAQ-listed under the new ticker symbol NKLA.
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March 02 2020
Growth-focused SPAC Live Oak Acquisition files for a $200 million IPO
Live Oak Acquisition, a blank check company targeting a high-growth business with strong cash flow, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering.
www.nasdaq.com
February 28 2020
Virgin Galactic dealmaker seeks to raise $900 mln for new blank check companies
Chamath Palihapitiya, the dealmaker behind last year’s blockbuster Virgin Galactic deal, is looking to raise a combined $900 million through two new investment vehicles, according to regulatory filings. The investment vehicles are blank check companies or special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and aim to raise $300 million and $600 million, respectively.
www.finance.yahoo.com
February 28 2020
dMY Technology Group, Inc. Announces Closing of $230 Million Initial Public Offering
MY Technology Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced today that it closed its initial public offering of 23,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, including 3,000,000 units issued pursuant to the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in full. The units are listed on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and began trading under the ticker symbol “DMYT.U” on February 21, 2020.
www.finance.yahoo.com
February 26 2020
TMT SPAC GigCapital3 files for a $200 million IPO
GigCapital3, the third blank check company from semiconductor veteran Avi Katz, filed on Tuesday with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering. GigCapital3 is calling itself a Private-to-Public Equity (PPE) company, a term its sponsor has trademarked.
www.nasdaq.com
February 19 2020
Yunhong International Announces Closing of Upsized $60 Million Initial Public Offering
Yunhong International (NASDAQ:ZGYHU, the “Company”), a company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, announced today the closing of its previously announced initial public offering of 6,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit.
www.finance.yahoo.com